Magnetic repulsion or attraction relay



Mar. 6, 1923. 1,447,236 c E. QHANEY MAGNETIC REPULSION OR ATTRACTION RELAY Filed Dec. 15, 1920 2 sheets-sheet 1 lll "1W INVENTOR.

Mar. 6, 1923.

- C. E. CHANEY MAGNETIC REPULSION OR ATTRACTION RELAY Filed Dec. 15, 1920 2 sheetssheet 2 11v Vizvrok Patented 'Mar. 6, 1923. 16

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CARYL E. CHANEY, F DETROIT, MICHIGAN. MAGNETIC REPULSION OR ATTRACTION RELAY.

Application filed December 15, 1920. Serial No. 431,023.

To all whom it may concern: ing connections to the main circuit shown;

Be it known that I, CARYL E. CHANEY, a and v citizen of the United States, residing at Figure 3 is a view similar to the corre etroit, in the county of ayne and State sponding partof Figure of a slightly 5 of Michigan. haveinvented a certain new modified form of stator member, wherein and useful Improvement in Magnetic Retwo pairs or sets of poles are employed, pulsion or Attraction Relays, and declare located at ninety (90) degrees from one -the following to be a full, clear, and exact; another. description of the same such as will enable 13 and 14 represent the main or line wires, others skilled in the art to which it perby means of which the electrodes 15 and 16 66 tains to make and use the same, reference are energized, it being understood that the being had to the accompanying drawings, regulation f the difi'erence'in the distance which form a part of this specification. between these electrode tips is here selected This invention relates to magnetic repul-- as illustrative of one of the several uses 15 sion or attraction relays for automatically to which my invention can be put. Conj maintaining within predetermined limits nected with one of these wires, as 13, is the the electrical energy input into an electric circuitor series transformer 17, whose wires furnace, oven, or similar apparatus: I em- 18 and 19 encircle the two poles 20 and 21 ploy for this purpose rotor and stator eleof the stator 22, in a way to energize them, 20 ments which derive their current from auxs that, for example. the pole :20 may be iliary circuits, which are dependent upon considered as the north pole and the pole. the main or heating circuit whose possible 21 as the south pole. Interposed in the wire variations it is desired to regulate; the op- 19 is the branch 23 leading to the adjustable erat-ive theory of my device centering about resistance 21. As brought out in Figure 2 the location upon the rotor and stator eleparticularly, the wire 18, after encircling 30 ments, which are yieldingly held in neutral thepole :20 of the stator crosses over to the position relatively to one another, of windrotor25, where it likewise encircles the poles ings which, when excited, develop charac 31 and 33, and passes thence over to and teristic polarity in their parts adjacent-to about the pole 21 of the stator, and continues as wire 19 back to the circuit or series excited stator member is to repel or attract transformer 17. from its magnetic poles the corresponding Also leading from the main wire 13 is pole or poles of the excited rotor member. the current wire 26, which. after encircling The resultant. movement of the rotor relathe pole 20 of the stator. passes over to tively to the stator is suflicient to swing its the rotor 25, where itencirc-les the poles contact arm against one or the other of a 32 and 31 thereof. after which it passes over pair of conveniently located contacts, thereto the poles 21 of the stator and returns by initiating changes in the circuit arrangethrough the resistance 28 to the main or line ments which result in "a corresponding wire 14. Upon energization of either one 40 change of the electric condition which has of these circuits, one or the other of the led to the excitation of the stator and rotor poles 31 and 32 of the rotor is repelled or poles, and, due to the circular character of attracted from or to the stator pole 20, and the stator and of the rotor, uniformity in the one or the other of the rotor poles 32 or 34 y air gap between them is maintained regard is'repelled or attracted from or to the adja- 46 less of how much or how slightly the rotor cent stator pole 21. the rotor being in is actuated. 1 the neutral or balanced position relatively In the drawings, to the stator when the energization of the Figure 1 is a more or less diagrammatic potential circuitand of the current circuit elevational view of my improved apparatus, is equal. 'hen. however, either the 'cur 50 showing its application to a motor by means rent or the potential predominates, as would of'which the electrodes of a heating furnace be the case, for example, when the tips of have the distance between them varied; the electrodes have burned 01? to a degree Figure 2 is a combined elevational View suliicient to materially change the length and diagrammatic showin of the details of the are between them, or when the elec- 68 of a stator androtor, with 516i! correspondtrodes are open to an extent suflicient to extinguish the arc, the energizat-ion of the pole of the stator through the wires 18 and 19 or 26 and 27, results in setting up an opposition between it and one of the adjacent north poles ,upon the rotor as, 31 or 32, thereby turning the rotor sufficiently to throw its contact arm 35, which has hitherto maintained a neutral position between the adjustable terminals 36 and 37, against one of them, as, for example, 36, against the pull of its anchoring spring 38.

As brought out particularly in Figure 1, the desired actuation of the motor t0 to ellect the longitudinal movement of one electrode toward or away from its companion electrode (and only one of these electrodes need be movable) is brought about by the contact arm 35 swinging against one terminal. as. for example, 36. With the switch l1 thrown into contact with the right-hand set of terminals shown in Figure 2, the circuit through the wires 4:2, 43, 4t and 4:5, is closed in a way to energize the coil 46, thereby causing the raising of its plunger at and forcing its laterally-spread contact top 48 into engagement with 50 and 51, and similarly bringing its lower contact piece 58 into engagement with the similar spring clips 54: and 55. thereby clos ing the circuit through the wires 52 and 53 and actuating the motor 40 so that the rotation of its shaft 60 carrying the gear-wheel 61 acts upon the correspondingly toothed portion of the electrode projecting and retracting rod 59.

The instant that the engagement of the contact arm 35 against the terminals 36 has taken place. however. the hitherto dominant current influence upon the poles of the rotor is broken in upon. and under the pull of the spring 39 upon the contact arm 35 the rotor swings oncemore towards its neutral position: thereby breaking the contact of the arm 35 with the terminal 36. thus breaking the circuit whose establishment has justbeen described. The adjusting rotation of the motor 40 consequently ceases, and with it the further projection or retraction of the electrode.

Upon drawing the electrodes sufficiently far apart to break the are, current is supplied through the wires 26 and 27. thereby exciting the stator pole 20, and the rotor poles 32 and 34 and the stator coil 21. and causing the rotor to swing in the opposite direction from that just described, and against the terminal 37. This results in the closing of the circuit through the'wires 43. 62 and 44. and consequently energizes the cont-actor coil in a way to force its spreading terminal 58 against the spring contacts 56 and 5?. and also closing the opposite set of spring contacts 66 and 67. T his closes a circuit through the wires 71 and 72 in a way to energize the motor 40 in the opposite directhe upper contact clips amas tion from that hitherto described. Similarly,

the moment the changed conditions,

due to the making of this contact between the arm 35 and the terminals 36, have come into eilect, and resulted in shutting oil from further continuance the predominance o the conditions which pernntted the swing of the motor in that direction, the pull'of the spring 39 upon the contact arm 35 tends to draw. it away from engagementwith the adjust: able terminal 37, and the rotor is swung toward its desired neutral position once more.

it have shown in Figure 3 a slightly modified form of stator member. wherein. instead of a single pair of poles, ll employ two pairs, as 20 and 21 and 20 and 21", the arrangement of the poles and windings on the rotor member remaining the sameas in the form already described. In this form, instead of the neutral position of the two rotor poles being on eac side of thecentral axis of the stator poles. they are located between the two corresponding poles of the stator; one of the windings, as, for example. the potential, is arranged about one pair of poles as 20* and 21 and the other or current winding, is similarly disposed about the poles 20 and 21". i

What I claim is; 1. In combination with a stator member provided with oppositely disposed poles, current and potential windings arranged about said poles. a rotor member operatively disposed with reference to said stator member. provided with a plurality of poles, each oppositely disposed with respectto its companion pole on the rotor, and each pair of poles having also arranged about it one or the other of said windings. resilient means for normally holding the poles of similar character on the rotor equally disposed with respect to the corresponding stator pole, a contact arm carried by said rotor member, a plurality of normally open circuits. one or another of which is adapted to be closed by the engagement of said contact arm against its terminals. a cont actor coil provided with a plurality ofsets of terminals for selective closure. and a reversible member adaptedto be energized in a direction and to a degree determined by the .closure of one or another of said sets of terminals. 2. In combination with an electric circuit, a current-consuming device certain of whose connected members are adapted to be moved relatively to others. a reversible motor mem her for actuating the movable member of said current consuming device in either direction. a contactor device having a plurality of sets of" contact terminals. operatively connectible with said reversible motor member. a stator member and a rotor member of oppositely disposed polarity with reference to said stator member, potential and current windings for said stator and rotor ones of the elements of said members, adapted to energize the poles of the rotor member and to thereby effect the movement of the rotor member relatively to the stator member in opposing directions. and a plurality of normally open circuits operatively connectedwith said contactor device and adapted to be closed by the engagementof a projecting portion of said rotor member against the terminals of one or the other of said circuits. according to the predominance of the energy in the current windings or in the potential winding in said rotor member. thereby energizing said contact device accordingly.

3. The combination. with a current-consumsupply circuit concorrelated stator member and rotor member operatively disposed with reference to each other. a current circuit and a potential circuit each of which leads from said electric supply circuit about the poles of said stator member and of said are normallv holding said rotor mem her 111 neutral position with respect to said terminals. and means rendered active by the swing of said rotor member against one or the other of said terminals according to the predominance of electric energy in one or the other of said circuitwindings on said rotor member. whereby the parts of the current-consuming device are adjusted relatively to one another.

4. In combination with a relay having a. stator member,

a )out each member in position to induce relaof the rotor member with respect to stator member. normallyopen circuits adapted to be closed by the swing of the rotor a contactor device provided with a plurality of sets of terminals for selective closure in response to the closure of one or the other of said normally open circuits. and an actuating member operati'vely connected therewith in a way to have its direction of by the closure of said terminals of the contactor device.

5. In combination with acurrent consuming device. an electric supply circuit connected therewith. means for moving selected current consummg device relatively to the other elements. a contactor device operatively said last-mentioned said contactor device, and current and potentia-l windings selectively leading from member said electric supply circuit about the rotor and stator elements whereby the former is thrown into operative'relation with said contactor device according to the predominance of the energy in the potential or in the current windings upon the relatively movable parts of said relay.

6. A relay having. in'combination, current and potential windings. a stator memcled by each. of said windings. and a rotor member having a plurality of poles. certain of which are encircled by said potential winding and certain others of which are encircled by said current windings. whereby the rotor is actuated in opposite directions relatively to the poles of the stator. to the predominance of the electrical energy passing through said windings.

T. In a relay the combination. with a stator member. of current and potential windings disposed about the poles thereof. and a rotor member provided with. a plurality of poles about one or the other of which each of said windings is disposed. thereby etfecting a movement of the rotor relatively one of said windin the other.

In a relay. the combination, with current and potential windings, of a stator member whose poles are encircled thereby, and a rotor member having a plurality of poles. certain of which are encircled by the potential windings and certain others of relatively to the stator against adjacent-1y located terminals.

In a. relay, the combination of a rotor and a stator member operatively CARYL E. CHANE Y.

Witnesses: VILLIAMLI. Sway, EDWARD P. EonLrN. 

